{"id":30314,"date":"2019-07-03T10:37:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T08:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=30314"},"modified":"2019-07-03T10:37:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T08:37:39","slug":"totalsports-womens-race-2019-prize-purse-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/athletics\/totalsports-womens-race-2019-prize-purse-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Totalsports Women\u2019s Race 2019 Prize Purse Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taking place on one day (Friday, 09 August \/ National Women\u2019s Day) across three major cities (Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban) the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race will boast a combined prize purse of R123\u00a0600 in 2019. An annual Women\u2019s Day celebration, the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race encourages athletes to run united in support of PinkDrive because they are #StrongerTogether.\u00a0 For the first time since the event\u2019s inception in 2001, South Africa\u2019s largest Women\u2019s Day Celebration will be hosted on one day across three major cities. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to welcome runners and walkers to the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race start line,\u201d says Agne du Plessis, Stillwater Sports:\u00a0 General Manager Road Running.\u00a0 \u201cFor the first time since the event\u2019s inception three cities will unite on one day, donning the colour pink in support of PinkDrive.\u00a0 Although a mass participation road run, the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race also attracts SA\u2019s leading ladies and up-and-coming stars.\u00a0 As motivation to continue pushing the boundaries, we are excited to offer a combined prize purse of R123\u00a0600 in 2019, that\u2019s a total of R 41\u00a0200 per city.\u201d \u201cPrize money will be allocated to the top 8 finishers in the Open Category with the winner taking home a whopping R10\u00a0000,\u201d continues du Plessis.\u00a0 \u201cWe are proud to announce that the top 8 runners in the Junior Category will also be awarded for their efforts.\u00a0 The top 3 finishers in the age categories 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 and 70+ will also not go home empty-handed.\u00a0 There is never a shortage of excitement at the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race.\u00a0 We invite runners and walkers to celebrate National Women\u2019s Day amongst thousands of like-minded individuals.\u00a0 Be sure to visit the PinkDrive #Shop4Cancer to #PimpYourselfPink and help us spread the message that early detection can save lives.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalsportswomensrace.com\/prize-purse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to view the entire Prize Purse breakdown. <strong><u>Event Information<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>2019 Totalsports Women\u2019s Race <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"222\"><strong><u>Date<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"371\">Friday, 09 August 2019 \/ <strong>National Women\u2019s Day<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"222\"><strong><u>Venue<\/u>:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"371\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Durban:\u00a0 <\/strong>Kings Park Athletics Track<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"222\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"371\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Johannesburg:\u00a0 <\/strong>Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"222\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"371\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Cape Town:\u00a0 <\/strong>Grand Parade, Cape Town CBD<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"222\"><strong><u>Start Time<\/u>:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"371\">10km \/ 08:00<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"222\"><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"371\">5km \/ 08:15<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"222\"><strong><u>Entry Fee<\/u>:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"371\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>10km <\/strong><em>licensed runner<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"371\">R130.00<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>5km<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"371\">R100.00<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"222\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"371\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>10km Durban <\/strong><em>unlicensed runner<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"371\">R160.00 <em>(temporary license included)<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>10km Johannesburg\u00a0 <\/strong><em>unlicensed runner<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"371\">R165.00 <em>(temporary license included)<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10km Cape Town <\/strong><em>unlicensed <\/em> <strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><em>runner<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"371\">R170.00 <em>(temporary license included)<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Entries Open: <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"371\"><strong><u>ONLINE<\/u> <\/strong>entries close:\u00a0 Friday, 26 July 2019 <strong><u>Enter via<\/u>:<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.totalsportswomensrace.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.totalsportswomensrace.com<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"371\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"371\"><strong><u>IN-STORE<\/u><\/strong> entries close:\u00a0 Monday, 15 July 2019<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"371\"><strong><u>Selected Totalsports Stores<\/u><\/strong>: <strong><u>KZN<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>Westville Pavillion, Gateway, Musgrave, The Bluff and West Street <strong><u>Gauteng<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>Sandton, Menlyn, Maponya Mall, Carlton Centre, Pritchard, Newtown and Eastgate. <strong><u>Western Cape<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>Canal Walk, Tygervalley, Waterfront and &#8211; Cavendish Women.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>\u00a0 Each entrant will receive a fitted Event T-shirt, a Totalsports Head Scarf and a finisher\u2019s bracelet while being treated to an entertaining route experience with refreshment points.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong> <u><\/u> <strong><u>Charity Support<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>The Totalsports Women\u2019s Race proudly supports PinkDrive, a Non-Profit Company (NPC) that is committed to improving breast cancer awareness, education, and providing and offering free services to the medically uninsured across South Africa. PinkDrive will be present at the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race (Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town) offering FREE clinical breast examinations and educating on the importance of self- breast examinations. <strong>Like our Facebook page:\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/womensrace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women\u2019s Race<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThePinkDrive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The PinkDrive<\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong>Follow us on Twitter:\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@womensrace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@womensrace<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@TotalsportsSA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TotalsportsSA<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@thepinkdrive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@thepinkdrive<\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong>Follow us on Instagram:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Totalsports_SA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Totalsports_SA<\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>For more information on PinkDrive visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkdrive.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.pinkdrive.co.za<\/a>.\u00a0 For further information or to enter the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.totalsportswomensrace.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.totalsportswomensrace.com<\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking place on one day (Friday, 09 August \/ National Women\u2019s Day) across three major cities (Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban) the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race will boast a combined prize purse of R123\u00a0600 in 2019. 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